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Want A Different Broadway? Fund A Different Broadway

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: October 30 2020 @ 12:31 pm

These theatremakers are proposing a new way of thinking about funding and producing on Broadway, with the goal of creating more access points for BIPOC individuals interested in commercial producing. – American Theatre

Online Theater Gets More Interactive

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: October 30 2020 @ 12:04 pm

“Several months into the pandemic, performers, designers and writers are using technology … with more ingenuity. They’re skillfully adapting some of the devices honed in live performance over the years — namely, techniques to break the fourth wall and lure spectators into the show. And in the process, theater is reclaiming for these trying times […]

Laura Osnes on the Broadway Star-Packed One Royal Holiday & More

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 30 2020 @ 11:53 am

Broadway.com Correspondent Charlie Cooper sits down with Laura Osnes! The two-time Tony nominee shares what it was like to film Hallmark's One Royal Holiday alongside Aaron Tveit and Victoria Clark.

The Play That Understood The Trump Era

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: October 30 2020 @ 11:31 am

Though researched and written during Barack Obama’s presidency, Sweat, which opened at New York City’s Public Theater days before the 2016 election, became a definitive work of Donald Trump’s. In a 2017 profile of Lynn Nottage, the New Yorker called the play “the first theatrical landmark of the Trump era.” – BBC

Listen Now: “Tonight Belongs To You” from The Prom Movie Soundtrack

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: October 30 2020 @ 11:01 am

The Prom, is set to be released for streaming on Netflix starting December 11, 2020. The movie is directed by Ryan Murphy and is based on the Broadway musical of the same name.

The star-studded cast features Meryl Streep as Dee Dee Allen, James Corden as Barry Glickman, Nicole Kidman as Angie Dickinson, and Andrew Rannells as Trent. Newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman will play Emma, and Ariana DeBose will play Alyssa.

The original Broadway musical features music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Bob Martin and Beguelin. Murphy has previously shared that the entire song list from Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin’s original score made it into the movie.

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